Wildfires

Published
August 27, 2023

More than 600 firefighters struggle to control wildfires in Greece

A massive blaze in the country’s northeastern regions of Evros and Alexandroupolis, believed to have caused 20 of the 21 wildfire-related deaths in the past week in Greece, was burning for a ninth day.
Published
August 27, 2023

Insight: One thing we know about the Maui wildfires: Those most responsible won’t pay a cent

And it’s you and I and the struggling citizens of Maui who are left to pick up the ever-mounting bill for climate disasters. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Published
August 26, 2023

Animal rescuers fear time may be running out in Maui

A cadre of animal services workers from across the country assembled in Maui for a routine search-and-rescue operation, but they were surprised to be denied access to the burn zone, people involved told The Washington Post.
Published
August 22, 2023

Maui confronts the challenge of finding hundreds of missing people

The number varies widely, with the governor saying more than 1,000 remained unaccounted for, the mayor of Maui claiming 850, and during President Biden's tour on Monday, White House homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall put it between 500 and 800.
Published
August 22, 2023

Firefighters in Greece find bodies of 18 people in an area with a major wildfire

Firefighters scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece burning out of control for a fourth day have found the bodies of 18 people thought to have been migrants who entered the country through the nearby border from Turkey

Published
August 21, 2023

Firefighters report more progress against Canadian wildfires and wait for rain

In all, there are 386 fires burning, and 3,500 people fighting the flames that have chased tens of thousands of people from their homes.
Published
August 20, 2023

Firefighters curb blazes threatening 2 cities in western Canada but are ‘not out of the woods yet’

For Saturday at least, the weather was milder, providing some help for fire teams battling to contain the flames of Canada's worst fire season on record.
Published
August 20, 2023

Wildfire on Spain’s popular tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately, official says

Improved weather conditions helped firefighters make advances overnight in their battle to tame the blaze that has raged out of control for the past five days.
Published
August 20, 2023

More villages evacuated as a large wildfire in northern Greece rages for the second day

Local authorities said about half a dozen outlying houses and outbuildings were badly damaged in two of the evacuated villages, as well as a church.
Published
August 19, 2023

Thousands more evacuated as Tenerife fire rages on Spain’s Canary Islands

The regional government for the Canary Islands said that 4,000 more people were ordered to evacuate on Saturday.